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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 50970

Inspection of the inside of a ureter, the tube draining urine from a kidney to the bladder, using a scope passed through an opening made in the ureter during an operation. It is a look only, with no treatment carried out through the scope.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening cost?

$2,602

Typical total for the visit. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,602 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$513$427 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$871 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $389 to $5,248Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $355 to $646
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $513

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$616.60
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$691.83
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$63.10

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Louisiana· 17th of 51

$2,602

$513 physician + $2,089 facility

AK $4,868DE $935

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.